2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2012 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

2012 local election results in Wakefield

Council Make-up

The make up of the Council after the election was:

Party political make-up of Wakefield Council
   Party Seats Current Council (2012)
2010[1] 2011[2] 2012[3]
  Labour 33 40 52                                                                                                                              
  Conservative 24 20 11                                                                                                                              
  Independent 5 3 0                                                                                                                              
  Lib Dems 1 0 0                                                                                                                              

Election result
Wakefield Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 12 0 +12 95 56.2 41,147 +0.4
  Conservative 1 0 9 -9 5 23.6 17,251 -6.3
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 7.9 5,804 +4.8
  Independent 0 0 3 -3 0 6.5 4,746 +3
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 2,424 -1.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 801 +0.2
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 594 +0.8
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 76 -0.2
  • +/- compared with Wakefield Council election 2011.

Ward results

Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Ward 2,128 62.4 +10.2
Conservative Don Marshall 1,282 37.6 +3
Majority 846 24.8 +7.1
Turnout 3,410 26.9 -10.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward
Airedale and Ferry Fryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Shaw 1,977 73.3 -6.8
UKIP Arnie Craven 556 20.4 +20.4
Conservative Mellisa Wan Omer 171 6.3 -12.9
Majority 1,441 52.9 -8
Turnout 2,724 23.5 -4.7
Labour hold Swing

Altofts and Whitwood ward
Altofts and Whitwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Box 2,009 61.6 -2.5
UKIP David Armitage 783 24 +24
Conservative Steven Beeton 470 14.4 -10.7
Majority 1,226 37.6 -1.5
Turnout 3,262 25.8 -6.4
Labour hold Swing

Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Burns-Williamson 2,306 76.3 +2.1
UKIP Alison Bullivant 482 15.9 +2.5
Conservative Eamonn Mullins 235 7.8 -4.2
Majority 1,824 60.3 -0.5
Turnout 3,023 24.8
Labour hold Swing

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward
Crofton, Ryhill and Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faith Hepptinstall 2,582 67.3 +6.1
Conservative Allan Couch 1,253 32.7 +2.7
Majority 1,329 34.7 +3.5
Turnout 3,835 31.6 -8.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Featherstone ward
Featherstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Cliffe 2,649 83.7 +21.4
Conservative Charles Scholes 516 16.3 +4.4
Majority 2,133 67.4 +30.3
Turnout 3,165 34.8 -9.6
Labour hold Swing

Hemsworth ward
Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Hodson 1,779 57.5 -2
Independent Jim Kenyon 1,075 34.8 +7.2
Conservative Philip Davies 238 7.7 -4.3
Majority 704 22.8 -9.1
Turnout 3,092 25.7 -7.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Horbury and South Ossett ward
Horbury and South Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Hemingway 1,660 40.5 -8.2
Conservative Richard Wakefield 934 22.8 -18.2
Independent Graham Jesty 732 17.9 +17.9
UKIP Anthony Lumb 429 10.5 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodair 340 8.3 -1.2
Majority 726 17.7 +10
Turnout 4,095 33.9 -7.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Knottingley ward
Knottingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Stokes 1,788 69.7 +12.2
UKIP Clinton Rhodes 494 19.3 +8.6
Conservative Jon Wadey 282 11 -4.7
Majority 1,294 50.5 +8.7
Turnout 2,564 23.8 -5.7
Labour hold Swing

Normanton ward
Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Wassell 1,775 62.9 -1
UKIP Bryan Barkley 712 25.2 +7.9
Conservative Emma-Jane Lisle 337 11.9 -6.4
Majority 1,063 37.6 -8
Turnout 2,824 22.3 -6.2
Labour hold Swing

Ossett ward
Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Richardson 1,991 49.2 +8.9
Conservative Terry Brown 1,453 35.9 -7.2
Liberal Democrats David Smith 606 15 -0.8
Majority 538 13.3
Turnout 4,050 31.9 -7.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract North ward
Pontefract North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Sherriff 1,649 47.9 -11.9
Independent Jack Kershaw 769 22.3 +22.3
Conservative Hannah Crowther 481 14 -9.6
UKIP Nathan Garbutt 368 10.7 0
Green Rennie Smith 103 3.0 -2.4
TUSC Daniel Dearden 76 2.2 +2.2
Majority 880 25.5 -10.6
Turnout 3,446 28.1 -3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pontefract South
Pontefract South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Celia Loughran 2,222 50.4 -3.1
Conservative Mark Crowther 1,617 36.7 -9.1
UKIP Terence Edward Uttley 446 10.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Doug Dale 122 2.8 -10.1
Majority 605 13.7 -6
Turnout 4,407 36.6 -5.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

South Elmsall and South Kirkby ward
South Elmsall and South Kirkby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Collins 2,071 56.1 -21.5
Independent Wilf Benson 1,425 38.6 +38.6
Conservative Christian IAnson 197 5.3 -6.8
Majority 646 17.5 -48
Turnout 3,693 27.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Stanley and Outwood East ward
Stanley and Outwood East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Morley 2,135 61.4 +6.1
Conservative James Kildea 971 27.9 -8.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dodd 370 10.6 +2.6
Majority 1,164 33.5 +14.2
Turnout 3,476 28.4 -8.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield East ward
Wakefield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ros Lund 1,741 50.9 +13.5
Independent Choudry Ikram 659 19.3 +19.3
Conservative Anthony Bracewell 596 17.4 -2.4
TUSC Michael Griffiths 327 9.9 +0.9
Independent Safia Ilyas 86 2.5 +2.5
Majority 1,082 31.6 43.2 -11.6
Turnout 3,419 28.6 33.6 -5
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield North ward
Wakefield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes 1,901 61.0 +10.1
UKIP Keith Wells 594 19.1 +8.8
Conservative Dianne Presha 451 14.5 -10.5
Liberal Democrats Rob Bell 170 5.5 -1.6
Majority 1,307 41.9 -9.7
Turnout 3,116 27.6 -5.2
Labour hold Swing

Wakefield Rural ward
Wakefield Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrence Kirkpatrick 2,003 43.5 +0.9
Conservative Tom Fletcher 1,778 38.6 -5.4
Green Miriam Hawkins 472 10.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Cronin 354 7.7 +2.7
Majority 225 4.9 +6.3
Turnout 4,607 34 -6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wakefield South ward
Wakefield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hopkins 1,851 47.8 -6.9
Labour Javed Iqbal 1,562 40.3 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nuthall 462 11.9 +1.8
Majority 289 7.5 -12.6
Turnout 3,875 36.1 -7.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wakefield West ward
Wakefield West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hilary Mitchell 1,456 43.1 +4.2
Conservative Philip Booth 1,101 32.6 -7.5
English Democrat Norman Tate 594 17.6 +17.6
Green Brian Else 226 6.7 +1.4
Majority 355 10.5
Turnout 3,377 29.5 -5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Johnson 1,743 46.9 +2.3
Conservative Anne-Marie Glover 1,037 27.9 -7.9
UKIP David Dews 940 25.3 +11.9
Majority 706 19 +10.4
Turnout 3,720 31.8 -7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References
  1. "www.wakefield.gov.uk: Local election results 2010". Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. "www.wakefield.gov.uk: District Council Election Results 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. "Page Not Found". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012. Cite uses generic title (help)
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